Latest Florida Headlines
All the headlines from our Florida Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Florida Approves Hurricane Shelter Plan
May 10 2012 // The construction of new public schools across Florida has contributed to a significant increase in the number of hurricane shelter spaces, according to a plan approved this week by Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida...
Florida Looks to Fix Loophole in PIP Reform Law
May 9 2012 // Florida regulators are scrambling to fix a loophole in the state’s new auto no-fault insurance law that could affect medical payments to health care providers and trigger a spate of lawsuits against the law. Florida...
Florida Revises Workers’ Comp Certificates, Excess Profits, Premium Audit Laws
May 7 2012 // Florida’s governor has signed workers’ compensation legislation streamlining the workers’ compensation certificate process, eliminating mandatory premium audits, and discontinuing refunds for insurers...
Florida Workers’ Comp Exemption Changes Dropped
May 7 2012 // In vetoing a bill on tax credits for his state’s hurricane fund, Florida Gov. Rick Scott also axed several other proposals aimed at streamlining the process that employers use to claim an exemption from buying...
Southeast Agency, Carrier Plans Brighten Jobs Picture
May 7 2012 // Those interested in new or better positions in insurance might want to grab their suntan lotion and head to the Southeast. They might also want to brush up on their Spanish. The unemployment rate remains higher in key...
Southeast Agencies, Carriers Now Hiring
May 7 2012 // Here is some of the positive insurance employment news for the Southeast: Allstate In February, Allstate Insurance announced it was looking to appoint 124 new agency owners in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South...
Florida Governor Vetoes Cat Fund Tax-Credit Plan
May 7 2012 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott has chastised state lawmakers for failing to fully consider a controversial plan to use state premium tax credits to help shore-up the state’s homeowners’ reinsurance fund before...
Florida Law May Block Access to Flood Program
May 7 2012 // A bill recently passed by Florida lawmakers could hinder the ability of some communities to participate in the federally funded flood insurance program, federal officials say. The Federal Emergency Management Agency...
Florida Governor Signs Long-Awaited Auto Insurance Anti-Fraud Bill
May 4 2012 // Florida’s decade long attempt to reform the state’s automobile no-fault insurance law has finally paid off. Gov. Rick Scott, flanked by rows of law enforcement officials and state officials, signed into law...
Florida’s Citizens Issues Largest Catastrophe Reinsurance Bond on Record
May 3 2012 // Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has entered the catastrophic bond market in a big way by issuing $750 million in bonds, making it the largest insurance-linked security deal of its kind. Citizens Property...
Florida Yacht Crew Firm Faces Damages Over Discriminatory Email
May 3 2012 // A Fort Lauderdale, Florida company that hires crews for yachts is facing damages after an employee accidentally sent an email to an applicant saying she wasn’t hired because she’s black and overweight. The...
Citizens Delays Rate Hike for New Business
Apr 30 2012 // The governing board for Florida’s state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has at least temporarily backed off a proposal to begin charging rates for new business next year at rates higher than allowed by...
Florida Agency to Fight FEMA Ban on Flood Insurance Commission Rebating
Apr 27 2012 // One Florida insurance agency is protesting a decision by the federal flood insurance program that would stop insurers and agents from offering clients a rebate on agents’ commission to customers who buy flood...
New York, Florida Associates of ‘Mini-Madoff’ Arrested
Apr 26 2012 // Four associates of a New York businessman convicted in a $400 million Ponzi scheme were arrested Wednesday on charges they pocketed nearly $38 million in commissions for their efforts in advancing the fraud, federal...
Florida Governor Vetoes Cat Fund Tax-Credit Plan
Apr 24 2012 // Florida Governor Rick Scott has chastised state lawmakers for failing to fully consider a controversial plan to use state premium tax credits to help shore-up the state’s homeowners’ reinsurance fund before...
Florida Massage Therapist, 14 Patients Charged with Insurance Fraud
Apr 23 2012 // Florida officials said they have arrested a licensed massage therapist, a physician’s assistant and 14 massage clinic patients on charges of insurance fraud and grand theft as part of an undercover sting. Officials...
BP Proposes Gulf Oil Spill Claims Settlement, Trial Delay
Apr 19 2012 // BP Plc reached settlements to resolve billions of dollars of claims from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and asked a U.S. judge for a long delay in any trial over remaining disputes stemming from the disaster. The...
Southeast Insurance Employment: Agency, Carrier Plans Brighten Picture
Apr 18 2012 // Those interested in new or better positions in insurance might want to grab their suntan lotion and head to the Southeast. They might also want to brush up on their Spanish. The unemployment rate remains higher in key...
New Law May Limit Participation in Flood Program in Florida
Apr 17 2012 // A bill recently passed by Florida lawmakers could hinder the ability of some communities to participate in the federally funded flood insurance program, federal officials say. The Federal Emergency Management Agency...
Business Moves
Apr 16 2012 // Peachtree, Personable Holdings A Florida domiciled auto insurer that provides coverage to 18,000 drivers in the state and Georgia has been acquired by California equity firm looking to enter the non-standard...
